PSCI 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United States House Committee On Rules, Gerrymandering, Contiguity
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The legislative branch: 6. 0 the concept of representation, first meaningful use of concept of representation was in the american and. French revolutions; it was an important issue when the u. s. constitution was written: the great compromise resolved this important issue and saved the convention, the meaning of representation is always under debate. United states, which shall consist of a senate and house of. Representatives: a term of congress lasts two years. Begins in odd year and ends in even year. We are in the second session of the 114th congress: congress is organized by political party. House: relatively high turnover compared with senate, differences, senate, approves presidential appointments (cabinet, courts, approves treaties, holds trials on articles of impeachment, weaker leadership individual senators very powerful, can filibuster legislation, committees as key units of organization. Committees are the organizational units through which congress works: every representative and every senator is named to several committees and subcommittees.
